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- the union of two or more organizations under single ownership, through the direct acquisition by one organization of the net assets or liabilities of the other. A merger can be...
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- Viacom Inc.(Statistical Data Included)
- WASHINGTON -- Viacom Inc. chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone said in Senate testimony last Thursday that Viacom's $38 billion merger with CBS Corp. will make both companies more competitive, while staying well within acceptable limits of antitrust la WASHINGTON -- Viacom Inc. chairman and...
- Research articles 1999-11-01
- At long last: Viacom Paramount. (merger deal almost complete)
- Five months and over $1 billion later, Sumner Redstone has won the fight for Paramount. The tenacity credited to the Viacom chairman was clearly in evidence in the final weeks of battle. Redstone was willing to add more to Viacom's bid than QVC Ch ...
- Research articles 1994-02-21
- BEHIND HYPE: COST CUTS LIKELY AT NEW VIACOM; MERGER CAN YIELD $100 MIL. SAVINGS; CAN KARMAZIN MELD STAID WITH STYLISH?
- Despite assurances from the heads of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. that the mega-media merger announced last week won't produce massive layoffs, the two companies have many overlapping functions that are sure to lead to cutbacks and consolidation. Hu Despite assurances from...
- Research articles 1999-09-13
- Another fine mess: Paramount, et al. (Paramount Communications Inc. merger battle)
- Viacom Inc pres Sumner Redstone engineered a fresh bid for Paramount Communications Inc with cash obtained from Viacom's friendly takeover of Blockbuster Entertainment. The move will help Blockbuster continue to diversify and allow Redstone to keep chasinViacom Inc pres Sumner Redstone engineered a fresh bid for Paramount Communications Inc with...
- Research articles 1994-01-15
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- DECODING MEDIA MOGUL TALK.(subtextual analysis of Sumner Redstone and Mel Karmazins' press conference concerning CBS and Viacom merger)
- Watching Sumner Redstone and Mel Karmazin perform at last week's press conference announcing the merger of CBS and Viacom, I couldn't help thinking of the movie Annie Hall. You remember that scene where Woody Allen and Diane Keaton hold a mundane conversation with one another on...
- Research articles 1999-09-13
- Viacom, CBS exuberant about future under their $36 billion media merger.(On Media)
- Yesterday's media merger was a virtual love fest among moguls. At a press conference yesterday, Viacom's Sumner Redstone sat shoulder to shoulder with his heir apparent, CBS' Mel Karmazin. They spoke in superlatives. The exuberant pair agreed the $36...
- Research articles 1999-09-08
- Taking stock of merger.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- No dates have been set for Viacom and CBS shareholders to vote on the proposed merger, but company sources say those votes will likely take place sometime in December. It's largely pro forma, however, since Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone controls No dates have...
- Research articles 1999-11-22
- Joint Statement of Sumner M. Redstone Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Viacom Inc. and Mel Karmazin President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corp
- Viacom CBS I. INTRODUCTION On September 6, 1999, Viacom Inc. and CBS Corporation agreed to combine the two companies in a merger of equals. Sumner Redstone will lead the new company, to be called Viacom, in his continued role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as well...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- Synergy crisis. (planned merger of Paramount Communications Inc. and Viacom Inc.) (Editorial)
- The New York Times got it exactly right when, on the eve of the recent media mega-mesh of Paramount Communications Inc. and Viacom Inc., it ran a picture of Sumner Redstone and Martin Davis above a caption reversing their identifications. Moguls like Redstone and Davis have ...
- Research articles 1993-10-04
- Redstone: We Don't Need an AOL-y Ally.
- Los ANGELES -- The America Online Inc.-Time Warner Inc. merger could be the first of many between "new" and "old" media, but don't count Viacom Inc. among the likely suspects, chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone said last Wednesday Redstone said he was surprised by the deal...
- Research articles 2000-01-17
- The Senate antitrust subcommittee plans a hearing Thursday, Oct. 28, to examine the antitrust implications of Viacom's proposed merger with CBS.
- The Senate antitrust subcommittee plans a hearing Thursday, Oct. 28, to examine the antitrust implications of Viacom's proposed merger with CBS. Witnesses ... The Senate antitrust subcommittee plans a hearing Thursday, Oct. 28, to examine the antitrust implications of Viacom's proposed merger with...
- Research articles 1999-10-25
- Viacom And Cbs Chiefs Defend Merger To Senate Panel
- Viacom Chmn. Sumner Redstone and CBS Chmn. Mel Karmazin told Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Oct. 28 that their merger would result in stronger media company that would operate in public interest. Only 2 panel members attended hearing, Subcommittee Chmn. DeWine (R-O.) and senior Democrat Kohl (Wis.). They were split...
- Research articles 1999-11-01
- An affair to remember?(the proposed merger of CBS Inc. and Viacom Inc.)
- Time and Warner got off to a rocky start. The Disney-ABC marriage seemed perfect until it, too, hit speed bumps. Why then does the outlook for Viacom and CBS seem so rosy? For one thing, the deal...
- Research articles 1999-09-13
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